Raymond Cromley (August 23, 1910 – February 23, 2007) was a
Colonel in the
United States Army and a
Journalist. Prior to the
Second World War, Cromley was a
correspondent and journalist in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Following its outbreak, Cromley joined the American army and served in the
China Burma India Theater
China Burma India Theater (CBI) was the United States military designation during World War II for the China and Southeast Asian or India–Burma (IBT) theaters. Operational command of Allied forces (including U.S. forces) in the CBI was officia ...
. He was a member of the
United States Army Observation Group
The United States Army Observation Group, commonly known as the Dixie Mission, was the first US effort to gather intelligence and establish relations with the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army, then headquartered in the mo ...
to Yenan, better known as the
Dixie Mission
The United States Army Observation Group, commonly known as the Dixie Mission, was the first US effort to gather intelligence and establish relations with the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army, then headquartered in the mo ...
. After the war, he went on to become a writer for ''
The Wall Street Journal''. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
See also
*
Dixie Mission
The United States Army Observation Group, commonly known as the Dixie Mission, was the first US effort to gather intelligence and establish relations with the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army, then headquartered in the mo ...
References
*Carolle J. Carter, ''Mission to Yenan: American Liaison with the Chinese Communists 1944-1947'' (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1997).
*Raymond Cromley, "My Japanese Wife, The Girl I Loved and Left in Tokyo" (The American Magazine, December 1942 Issue)
*Sullivan, Patricia, "Raymond Cromley, columnist covered the Pentagon" Obituatry (Boston Globe, Feb 28, 2007) (Retrieved from www.Boston.com June 28, 2012)
External links
2002 Audio Interview with Cromley with Transcript
2007 deaths
United States Army officers
Dixie Mission participants
American male journalists
1910 births
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
20th-century American journalists
United States Army personnel of World War II
American expatriates in Japan
American expatriates in China
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